PSYC 2205 Lecture Notes - The Strongest, Emotional Labor, Conflict Management
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Local police (about 12,000 departments, not including sheriffs" departments ) Federal law enforcement (part of the federal government, u. s. customs, fbi, secret. Service, atf, u. s. armed forces, air marshall, tsa, etc. Tribal law enforcement (similar to local police but just deals with their tribe). Armed security personnel (hospital security, mall security, etc. Police psychological services section of the international association of chiefs of. 1917: louis termen began offering cognitive and aptitude testing for positive application. 1968: lapd hired martin reiser as a full-time in-house psychologist. Pre-employment psychological screening: a psychological screening prior to hiring an officer. Fitness-for-duty evaluations: evaluations while the officer is hired, usually tested after a traumatic event to see if they can continue to work. Inventory: self-administered; list of items used in describing investigating behavior interests and attitudes. Look at the targets on the slides: External: results can be generalized to other people, time, and context.